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Dr Sir,
It appears to me that providence has opened the way. There is at this moment a poor old Christian man one who has by His inventive Genius been of Emens [[immense]] Service to His native Country. He years since designed and invented the portable forge for Black Smiths - and which has been used in our Armey without the slightest acknowledgement or any compensation.

He also designed and invented the Lathe for Iregular Turning, by the which all our Gun Stocks are Turned. When it was first put to this use at Springfield He brought a suite for infringement of His patent - He gained the suit. It was carried up by Appeal to a Higher Court. This poor man had no menes to carry on a Law Suit and the Case went by Default. He has